Students of Influential U programs are steeped and practiced in the fundamental narratives of every transaction. When transactions move smoothly and seamlessly, it is because the parties to transactions reach a meeting of the minds as they move from one narrative to the next in the cycle. But rarely are transactions smooth and seamless – I mean, let's face it – human beings are involved, and at any given moment in time, any single human being is unpredictable. Sure, we can hedge our bets and engage with personalities, and/or do everything in our power to control the environment of transactions, but there are always situations that arise in transactions that challenge us.

Sterling Hawkins is an internationally-recognized thought leader and top-rated keynote speaker on innovation, transformational leadership and exponential growth. He has mastered the intersection of human behavior and technology under extreme competition, and shares thoughts about this with us today.

Influential U has helped César Idrovo develop a leadership framework for professionals based on deliberate practice. He wants aspiring leaders to experience the freedom and safety to practice continuous small acts of leadership.

In the course of transacting to satisfy any aim, we (and the environments we can't escape) evolve, age, gain or lose resources, fitness, etc. As we have seen firsthand with many of our advanced students, the satisfaction of foundational aims (i.e., health, money, activity, career) begins to reveal the need to address higher aims (i.e., legacy, aesthetics, self-actualization). Want to make your wildest dreams come true? Start with satisfying your biological and linguistic Conditions of Life first, and watch what new possibilities and opportunities emerge for you and your loved ones. Think about it. What might you be able to do if you were satisfied with your money?

Dan Murphy has developed a philosophy that he calls "just add water." What it does is to reduce the cost of scaled growth. In this podcast, he addresses how Transactional Competence helps him to produce what will add to the success of any organization using his "just add water" techniques.

It took a health breakdown to get Jeff Miller to rethink his rigorous work standards. After studying transactional behavior with Influence Ecology, he realized what was happening, and took action.